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3.39 AVERAGE
3.39 AVERAGE
i don't know why it took me so long to write a review about this one. i guess i was just so blown away at first that i didn't quite know what i wanted to say, or if i needed to say anything, or if i even could say anything that hasn't yet been said about this masterpiece of a book. i just don't think i will ever need to speak ever again because leopold put all that i feel in words way more beautifully than i could ever dream of. this book is my love language
Much better than I expected. Stilted dialogue, certainly, even for the time. Not sure if sadism should take the backseat to the masochism aspect, even for historical purposes, because the physical and emotional sadism is far stronger throughout Severin's account.
medium-paced
adventurous
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Well this whole book felt like a fever dream. I am lost for words haha. On one hand it was incredibly cool to see that even in the 1800s when this book was written BDSM was absolutely a thing even though it isn’t as we know it today. And very cool that masochism was coined after this book and boy do I know why
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Well. That was a thing that I read. It was well-written, but extremely weird. The ending had a feminist spin that I didn’t see coming and helped redeem some of the more disturbing aspects of the story. It easily could have gone into maudlin “Leiden des Jungen Werther” territory, but fortunately it did not. I struggled with the rating, but I think 4 stars is appropriate, given the quality of the writing and the work’s importance to early psychological theories.
I highly recommend listening to the eponymous Velvet Underground song while reading it.
I highly recommend listening to the eponymous Velvet Underground song while reading it.
Such a sensual and amazing book.
Although i do wish there had been more sexual scenes. Those were lacking.
But it was such amazing fun to read this book!
Although i do wish there had been more sexual scenes. Those were lacking.
But it was such amazing fun to read this book!
dark
reflective